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Economic Impact of Zebra Chip Control Costs on Grower Returns in Seven US States

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Zebra Chip (ZC) disease exposes growers to the risk of large economic losses. Enterprise budgets are developed to evaluate how the competitive position of eight major US potato producing regions could be impacted by ZC infestations. When using three year (2010–2012) average marketing year prices for “all potatoes” and three year average (2010–2012) yields obtained from USDA-NASS, results highlight the inability of Pacific Northwest growers to sustain a profit if they adopt a routine insecticide program for ZC protection that begins at plant emergence. The uncertain threat of psyllid control costs are also considered within the context of processor contract price negotiations.

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La enfermedad de la Zebra Chip (ZC) expone a los productores al riesgo de grandes pérdidas económicas. Se desarrollan presupuestos empresariales para evaluar cómo la posición competitiva de ocho regiones principales de EUA productoras de papa pudieran impactarse por la infestación de ZC. Cuando se usan promedios de precios anuales de mercado de tres años (2010–2012) para “todas las papas” y promedios de rendimientos de tres años (2010–2012) obtenidos del USDA-NASS, los resultados hacen sobresalir la inhabilidad de los productores del Pacífico Noroccidental de obtener ganancias si adoptan un programa de rutina de insecticidas para protección contra ZC que empieza con la emergencia de la planta. La amenaza incierta de los costos del control del psílido también están consideradas dentro del contexto del procesamiento de las negociaciones de los precios en el contrato.

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I want to extend my most sincere appreciation to the growers who contributed cost of production information for this analysis. My appreciation also goes to the Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative for their contribution of data. I am grateful to the anonymous reviewer who made suggestions to improve an earlier version of this paper. Financial support was provided by USDA-SCRI (Project #2009-51181-20176)

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Greenway, G. Economic Impact of Zebra Chip Control Costs on Grower Returns in Seven US States. Am. J. Potato Res. 91, 714–719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-014-9404-x

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